Land-marker.



No. 829,401. PATENTBD AUG. 28, 1906.

w. HIPKVINS. LAND MARKER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25. 1906.

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TVILLIAM HIPKINS, OF STREET, MARYLAND.

LAND-MARKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 28, 1906.

Application filed June 25,1906. Serial No. 323,356.

To (1Z7 whmn it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM HIPKINs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Street, in the county of Harford and State of Maryland, haveinvented a new and useful Land-Marker, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has relation to landmarkers; and it consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of its parts as hereinafter shown anddescribed.

The object of the invention is to provide a land-marker in the form ofan attachment which is adapted to be easily and readily applied to ordetached from a planter or other agricultural implement and whichconsists primarily ofa bar carrying a plurality of marking-points, saidbar being thickened vertically at its portions where attachment is madewith the marking-points for the purpose of adding rigidity both to thebar and points. Parallel arms are pivoted at their rear ends to the saidbar at points between the marking-points. Said arms are provided withhandles. The forward ends of the said arms are adapted to be pivotallyattached to the rear portion of the frame of the agricultural implement.(Not shown.) The pivotal connection between the implementframe, thearms, and the bars are such that the parts may move in lateral relationonly and are retained in the same relative horizontal planes.

In the drawing the figure is a perspective view of the land-marker.

The marker attachment consists of the bar 1, which is thickestvertically at the portions 2 2. The marking-plows 3 3 are attached attheir upper ends to the bar 1 at the portions 2 2 thereof. By this meansrigidity is given both the bar and the markingplows.

The ends of the arms 4 4 are provided with the horizontally-disposedbifurcations 5 5. The bifurcations at the rear ends of the said armsreceive a part of the agricultural implement (not shown) and arepivotally attached thereto. The arms 4 4 are parallel to each other andmay swing in lateral directions, but are retained against vertical swingor move The bar 1 may move laterally, but is retained vertically withrelation to the arms 4 4. The guiding-handles 7 7 are attached to thebar 1 are recessed, as at 8 8, and the upper ends of the markers 3 areadapted to fit snugly within said recesses. It is obvious that as theagricultural implement (not shown) passes over the ground that theattached marker trailing in its wake will mark the surface of theground. The bar 1 may be shifted laterally to preserve accuracy in thelines being marked or to escape obstructions upon the surface of theground.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. A land-marker, consisting of an attachment adapted to be applied toor detached from an agricultural implement, consisting of a bar carryinga plurality of markingpoints, arms pivotally attached at their ends atequal distances apart to thebar and implement-frame and guiding handlescarried by the attachment.

2. A land-marker consisting of an attachment adapted to be applied to ordetached from an agricultural implement, consisting of a bar carrying aplurality of markingpoints, arms pivotally attached at their ends atequal distances apart to the bar and implement-frame, said arms and barbeing susceptible of lateral movement but retained against verticalmovement with relation to the implementframe.

3. A land-marker consisting of an attachment adapted to be applied to ordetached from an agricultural implement, consisting of a bar carrying aplurality of marking points, arms pivotally attached at their ends atequal distances apart to the bar and implement-frame, guiding-handlescarried by the attachment, and means for adjusting the position of themarking-points.

4. A land-marker consisting of an attachment adapted to be applied to ordetached from an agricultural implement, consisting of a bar carrying aplurality of marking-points, said bar being thickest vertically at theportions thereof where attachment is made with said points, arms pivotedat their rear ends to the bar at points between the markingpoints,-andpivotally connected at their forward ends to the implement-frame.

5. A marker consisting of an attachment adapted to be applied to ordetached from an agricultural implement, a bar, markingpoints attachedthereto, the point at the middle of the bar being fixed, the end pointsI my own I have hereto affixed my signature in being adjustable, armspivoted at their rear the presence of two Witnesses. ends to the bar atpoints between the marking-points and adapted to be pivotal-1y con-WILLIAM HIPKINS' 5 nected at their forward ends to the imple- Witnesses:

Inent. LURA M. STEARNs,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as HOWARD RIGDON.

